Verona van de Leur

Van de Leur, born in Gouda, South Holland, the Netherlands, began with gymnastic at 5 years of age at gym T.O.O.S. Waddinxveen. At the age of 9, she started to train at Pro Patria in Zoetermeer.

Her first national appearance was at the Dutch National Championship in 2000. She was the junior Dutch all-around champion and won three event finals. One year later, in 2001, she was the Dutch all-around women's champion. With the Dutch team she surprising took the fifth place in the World Championship in Ghent. This performance made them the Dutch sports team of the year 2001.

In 2002 Van de Leur won five medals at the European Championship in Patras, Greece. The Dutch team won the silver medal and Van de Leur won the silver medal in all-around competition in the 2002 European Championship behind Svetlana Khorkina.[3] She also won a silver medal on beam and a bronze medal on floor exercise. Many thought Verona should have won gold on the floor exercise finals, but by a mistake of the jury took her 1/10 point that they eventually had to settle for a 3rd place. At the world championships in Debrecen, Hungary, she won silver on the floor exercise during the World Cup Finals that same year she won gold on this unit. She was elected Dutch Sportswoman of the Year and once again they were sports team of the year.[4]

Van de Leur and Renske Endel were drawn as a reserve for the World Cup of 2003 in Anaheim and the Dutch team was not placed among the top twelve. Therefore, the gymnast didn't qualify for the Olympics in Athens. Then it came to a rift between her coach Frank and Van de Leur, leading her to move to The Hazenkamp in Nijmegen, the club of trainer Boris Orlov. In 2007, Van de Leur won the Dutch all-around champions for the fourth time. At the National Championships in Nijmegen she also won gold on beam and floor exercise and bronze on bars.

On 19 June 2008, Van de Leur publicly announced her retirement from gymnastics. Conflicts with the gymnastics federation and a lack of motivation also caused by a problematic situation at home, have reportedly played an important role in her decision.[5]

In early May 2011, Van de Leur was convicted of blackmailing an adulterous couple she had been following.[6] She served 72 days in prison.[1]

After being homeless for two years and in jail, Van de Leur saw a way out in late October 2011 with the adult film industry.[7] She decided to work as a webcam girl and then started her own adult website,[8] which includes adult films.[1] She only worked with her boyfriend and quit as an adult performer in November 2019.[9]

Van de Leur is the subject of the song Verona van de Leur by Ellen ten Damme [10]

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